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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition; First Printing. 6.5 X 1 X 9.75 inches; 201 pages; The previous owner has ink faded the exterior edges of textblock, but the job was done amateurishly, and the result is of mixed success and somewhat lackluster, the fading being uneven. The same process has caused fading on the covers and spine as well, being most pronounced on the rear cover. Very Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. No markings. ; - Your satisfaction is our priority. We offer free returns and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your item will be packaged with care and ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence.…

xxx+642pp. 8vo. Original cloth in dustwrapper, a fine copy. Second part of the State's memorial to Sir Joseph Banks.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Thus. Jacket has moderate general wear plus a few tiny nicks to top edge. Light foxing to edges of page-block. Light foxing to pastedowns and feps, otherwise internally very clean. Binding tight. 641pp Size: 185mm x 270mm. Book.

Cloth. Zustand: As New. First Edition. Limited edition of 500 copies only. Illustrated, folio, pp 112, green cloth, a very good copy. The first trade edition, without the brochure of other illustrations. [Comprises two major essays - "Sir Joseph Banks as the Father of Australia", and "Captain Cook's Second Voyage and His Chart of the Southern Hemisphere", together with two appendices - "Franz Andreas Bauer" and "The Banks Copper Engraving of the Great Pacific Ocean". With two portaits of Banks, two botanical plates (by L'Heritier and Franz Bauer), 10 plates of charts or maps, and seven other plates.].…

Couverture rigide. Zustand: Bon état. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. In-4 27 x 17,5 cm. Reliure éditeur pleine toile bleue, jaquette bleu-ciel illustrée avec report du titre en noir sur le dos et le premier plat, XXX-641 pp., 6 planches hors-texte, notes, bibliographie, index. Ouvrage en bon état, jaquette effrangée. Texte en anglais. Grande figure de l'Angleterre géorgienne, Joseph Banks (1743-1820) faisait partie de la Royal Society de Londres, la plus prestigieuse des sociétés scientifiques de l'époque. Il participa au titre de naturaliste au premier voyage de Cook à bord de l'Endeavour (1768-71). Il introduisit le mouton Mérinos d'Espagne en Angleterre et préconisa son élevage en Australie. Le roi George III lui confia la direction de Kew Gardens, parc des environs de Londres. Banks en fera le plus grand centre botanique du monde.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. The standard biography; lovely scholarship. pp.xi.671. Illus. Frontis. Endpaper maps. DW in archival sleeve; edge wear. An unread copy.

Octavo,672 pp.,illustrations, fine copy in dustwrapper. This authoritative biography, complete with many previously unpublished illustrations, is a standard reference on Sir Joseph Banks.